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Hidden Gems on a Ring: Infant Massive Clusters and Their Formation Timeline Unveiled by ALMA, HST, and JWST in NGC 3351

Sun, Jiayi
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He, Hao
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Batschkun, Kyle
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June 1, 2024
The Astrophysical Journal

We use 0.1 '' observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and JWST to study young massive clusters (YMCs) in their embedded "infant" phase across the central starburst ring in NGC 3351. Our new ALMA data reveal 18 bright and compact (sub-)millimeter continuum sources, of which 8 have counterparts in JWST images and only 6 have counterparts in HST images. Based on the ALMA continuum and molecular line data, as well as ancillary measurements for the HST and JWST counterparts, we identify 14 sources as infant star clusters with high stellar and/or gas masses (similar to 105 M circle dot), small radii (less than or similar to 5 pc), large escape velocities (6-10 km s-1), and short freefall times (0.5-1 Myr). Their multiwavelength properties motivate us to divide them into four categories, likely corresponding to four evolutionary stages from starless clumps to exposed H ii region-cluster complexes. Leveraging age estimates for HST-identified clusters in the same region, we infer an evolutionary timeline, ranging from similar to 1-2 Myr before cluster formation as starless clumps, to similar to 4-6 Myr after as exposed H ii region-cluster complexes. Finally, we show that the YMCs make up a substantial fraction of recent star formation across the ring, exhibit a nonuniform azimuthal distribution without a very coherent evolutionary trend along the ring, and are capable of driving large-scale gas outflows.

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DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/ad3de6
Web of Science ID

WOS:001233381700001

Author(s)
Sun, Jiayi
He, Hao
Batschkun, Kyle
Levy, Rebecca C.
Emig, Kimberly
Hassani, Hamid
Rodriguez, M. Jimena
Leroy, Adam K.
Schinnerer, Eva
Ostriker, Eve C.
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Date Issued

2024-06-01

Publisher

Iop Publishing Ltd

Published in
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume

967

Issue

2

Start page

133

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Super Star-Clusters

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Molecular Gas Properties

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High Angular Resolution

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Uv-Radiation Feedback

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H Alpha Morphologies

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Phangs-Hst

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Numerical Simulations

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Central Starburst

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Stellar Feedback

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Nuclear Rings

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)https://doi.org/10.13039/100000104

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June 19, 2024
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